The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-24
IrEMS OF ALL SORTS.

Petroleum has been discovered near
Canton, China.
Paris il to have 2OO,O electric lights
planted in its streets
A horticulturist has succeeded In graft
ing the peach upon a sassafras tree, with
the expectation of delicious fruit.
y correspondent writes from Adriano-
pie that he saw "a Turkish porter walk
ing briskly down the street with heavy
American piano strapped on his back.
There is young man in Hartford who
has had the broken bone of one Of his
legs mended with silver rivet, and will
soon be out on crutchcs.
Certain owners of property at Newport
say the divorce DEGREES and other SCAN
dals and shadows have beyond doubt
affected and deprecated values, and in
stances are given to confirm his asser.
ton.
One of the most successful bill collec-
tors of Chicago makes many difficult
collection by pretending to lie deaf, and
making the delinquent yell his reason
for not paying at the top of his voice, SO
that it l., heard by every one in the vicin-
ity.
In bundle of Old papers discovered in
Portland, Me-, is an extra issued by The
Eastern Argus announcing the news Of
Gen. jackson 5 victory at New Orleans.
The victory was won on the Sth of Janu-
ary, 1915. This bulletin was issued on
the 10th of February. 1t took a month
for the news to reach Portland.
w. j. Stillman, the t critic, says that
John Rrlskin's first love was not Lady
Mlllais, whom he married, but was a
beautiful Irish girl. between whom and
Fir. Ruslin there was an ardent attach
ment, which led to an engagement, after.
ward broken off by family influence.
subsequent to which she died Of con.
sumption. 1t made Ruskin for long
time very unhappy, and probably pro-
duced permanent effect on his life.
For many years visitors in Aix-la-
Chapelle were shown a great iron mass in
the courtyard of the Polytechnikum as
one of the curiosities of the city. 1t was
believed to be an ancient and very re-
markable metcOrte. \ recent eXamSla-
! ton by Professor ArZruni, however,
reveals the fact that it is merely Stag,
which had accumulated at the bottom of
some primitive smelling furnace.
1t has puzzled thousands. Maybe some
woman can tell why it is. Railroad cars
are becoming common in which about
one-half of the seats are on line with
panel that holds a large and inviting
booking glass. These seats are the last 10
be occupied. The railroad men are sad
i'll their disappointment. They had cal
culated that the ladies would make haste
to secure these places, leaving the window
seats to the males.
a singular though most sensible petit
ton has been addressed by a group of
Vienna citizens to the municipal council.
They propose that in order to procure
permanent relief for pauper school chill
dren there should be tax on bachelors.
This tax would only be applied to un-
married men i'll q position to keep a
family. The petition says: If all those
vino are exempted from military service
on account of physical intirmity are
obliged to pay tax. why should those he
spared who voluntarily shirk other obi
cations to the state!"
A daughter of wealth changed her
name by marriage in Europe from that
of well known New York family to
that of an intricately spelled and almost
unpronounceable foreign one. She found
| that in meeting acquaintance she had to
go into an explanation of what her new
name really looked and sounded like.
So she had a self mixing pocket rubber
stamp made, with her name on it as or
dinarily spelled, while right under the
long word was a phonetic spelling of it.
Now, when asked who she is since we'd
lock, she whips out the stamp and i'm
prints the information succinclly On any
handy scrap of paper.